Crier



A. KONOFF Nov. 23 1926.

CRIER Filed Dec.

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ALEXANDER KONOFF, NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIGNOR T OVERLAND METAL NOVELTY COMPANY, INC., 01 NEW YORK, N. Y., ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CRIER.

Application filed December 19, 1925. Serial No. 76,428.

when. the-doll is moved from one position to another the device willoperate to singl note cry.

An object of the invention is to provide a crier which will be durableand efiicient in operation and which may be manufactured at low cost andin which the size of the completed device is maintained as small asposproduce a sible consistent witha given duration of the period of thecry. .A'more detailed object is to improve the construction and mannerof forming the weight part of the device.

Other objects and aims of the invention,

more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in partobvious and in part pointed out in the course of the followingdescription of the elements, combinations, 2:; arrangements of. partsand'applications of principles constituting the invention and the scopeof protection contemplated Wlll be I indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of thisspecificatlon,

and in which I have shown merely a pre ferred form of embodiment of theinvention Fig. 1 is .a .vertical transverse sectional view through acrier constructed in accordance with this invention, parts of thedevicebeing shown in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a trans-verse sectional view taken substantially upon theplane of line II II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of apart of the weight portion of the crierdetached.

Fig. 4; is a bottom plan View of the part seen in Fig. 3 andillustrating in [dot and dash line the form of the blank from which saidpart is shaped.

Fig, 5 is a detailed transverse sectional view, partly indiagram, takensubstantially upon the plane of line V V of Fig. 2.

v Fig. 6 is a vertical top plan view similar to Fig. 2 but illustratinga slightly modified construction, and

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the channel member appearing inFig, 6.

Referring to the drawings for describin in detail the structure thereinshown the re erence character L indicates a casing having a top cover 1and a bottom cover 2. The c'asingL is usually' ade cylindrical, a pieceof ordinary card-board mailing tube being preferably employed The covers1 and 2 are preferably of sheet metal and have annular flanges. 3 toengage about the tubular part L for holding the covers rigidly inposition.

The cover 1 is provided with perforations as 4 therethrough throughwhich sound may issue from the casing, while the cover 2 is imperforateand comprises not only a bottom for the'casing but alsov a bottomclosure for a bellows bag G which is within the casing L.

The bellows bag G is formed preferably of a tubular piece of suitablematerial, such as rubberized cloth or thelike, and its lower annularedge portion is caught between the (ill tubular part of the casing andthe flange of the cover 2, the construction of all of the parts thus fardescribed being old and well known in this art.

The weight portion of the device is indicated by the reference characterH and consists essentially of two elements namely a base member 5 and acover member 6, the cover member having an annular flange 7 thereondepending about the base member 5 and serving to clamp the upper annularedge portion of the bellows bag G between itself and said base member toboth close the upper end of the bellows bag'and fix the weight portion Hin roper position closing the upper end of the-bellows bag.

The base member as illustrated consists of a single piece of sheet metalbent into the shape as indicated. The manner of proplucing and formingthe base member 5 of the weight comprises an essential feature of thepresent improvement and it is noted particularly in a this connectionthat the piece of material from which said base memher is formed isapproximately a true square, as: indicated by the dot and dash lines inFig. 4,-it being apparent thatin utilizing a. blank of this shape nowaste whatever is occasioned in the manufacture operated upon bysuitable forming and shaping dies to cause the marginal portions liklILL

of the piece of material to be curled over upon themselves and upon thecentral portion so as to constitute a heavy rolled edge 9, the excess ofmaterial at the corner portions-of the blank, as at the points marked inFig. lis simply curled around into the rol ed edge 9 to form a part ofsaid rolled edge and add their weight to the complete article. Nothingwhatever is out from the rectangular blank during this operation or infact at any other time. In turning up the marginal portions of the blanka substantially vertical annular wall portion, as 11 is provided forreceiving the upper end of the bellows bag and the pendant flange of thecover member.

The main or central portion as 12 of the base member is preferably bentdownwardly to a suitable degree, and the central portion of the covermember is bent upwardly to a suitable degree, so that when these twoparts are assembled they will provide a cavity between them adapted toserve as a sound chamber 13.

The portion 12 of the base member is formed with a slit 1% therethroughand the immediately adjacent parts of said portion 12 are pressed inopposite directions as 15 and 16 so as to form an angularly disposed.circular opening 17 through said portion 12 adapted to receive a reed18, said reed being carried by a suitable carrier 19, preferably of corkor the like, which fits snugly into the opening 1? and serves to holdthe reed firmly inposition substantially as illus trated.

By mounting the reed in the manner described two very important objectsare attained, namely, first, no material whatever is cut away from thebase member 5 in the formation of the reed receiving opening 17, and,second, the reed is held in an in clined, almost horizontal, position sothat it does not project materially above the plane of the main portionof the base member and hence does not add to the thickness of said basemember. The height of the entire crier is thus maintained at a minimumand the amount of movement available for the weight portion H ismaintained at a maximum.

The o ening 1? is. disposed preferably at one side of the centre of thebase member, and, the portion 15 of said base member which is bentupwardly in the formation of said opening preferably engages against theunder surface of the cover member 6, and said cover member 6 adjacent tothe portion 15 is preferably curved as at 20 to follow the curvature ofsaid portion 15 and constitute a channel 21 leading from the upper endof the reed in the direction of the length of the. reed toward theadjacent margin of the sound chamber At opposite sides of the channelportion manner 20 the material of the cover 6 is bent again upwardly asat 22-22 to provide a pair of said passages or channels 23 within thesound chamber and communicating with the outer portion of the channel 21as at 2142 so that the sound issuing from the upper end of the reedafter traversing the channel 21 will be divided and lap back upon itselfthrough the passages 23-23 to the opposite side of the sound chamberwhere it will pass out of the sound chamber through one or more openingsas 25 formed through the cover 6, as graphically indicated by the arrowsin Fig. 2.

The sound, after leaving the openings 25, will move outwardly throughthe apertures 4 of the top wall of the casing.

It will be understood that in the illustration Fig. 1 the weight portionH of the device is shown in its uppermost position with the bellows bagG distended and ready to be collapsed by the downward gravity movementof the weight. As the weight gravitates downwardly the air from withinthe bellows bag will be forced outwardly through the reed 18, which isthe only available exit, and in so doing willcause the reed to sound anote. The sound waves in traversing the channels or passages 2123 willbe appropriately muliied or modified to closely approximate the cry ofthe human child.

When the weight has completely dcscended the cry will cease and not berepeated again until the doll has been turned over to cause the weightto again move to bellows distending position, and then turned back againto allow the weight to fall, as is common and well known in this art.

The modification, shown in Figs. 6 and 7 proposes a structure which is1n all respect-s the same as has been above described except that aseparately :tormed channel member as 26, shown detached in Fig. 7, isemployed in the second chamber 13 instead or" shaping the cover 6 toprovide the channel. Also the cover (3 is shown as provided with only asingle sound outlet opening as 27 positioned centrally of said cover. i

When this device is in use the sound waves issuing from the reed 18 willpass along bcncath the channel member 26 to the outer end thereofadjacent the margin of the sound chamber 12 whence they will divide andpass along opposite sides of the channel member 26 and within the soundchamber to the opening 27. i As many changes could be made in thisconstruction without departing from 'tle scope of the invention asdefined in the following claims, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanyingdrawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l. A sound producing device comprising abellows closed at one end, a gravity movable weight closing the oppositeend of the bellows,.a sound producing element arranged to be operated bythe air displaced by the gravity movement of said weight, and saidweight comprising an annular member formed from a single rectangularpiece of sheet material having its corner portions turned inwardly toconstitute parts of said weight.

A sound producing device comprising a bellows closed at one end, agravity movable weight closing the opposite end of the bellows, a soundproducing element arranged to be operated by the air displaced by thegravity movement of said weight, and said weight comprising a partformed from a single rectangular piece of sheet material having itscorners and other marginal portions thereof turned inwardly toconstitute it rolled edge upon said'weightL- 3. A sound producing devicecomprising a bellows closed at one end, a gravity movable weight closingthe opposite end of the bellows, a sound producing element arranged tobe operated by the air displaced by the gravity movement of said weight,said weight comprising a part having an annular marginalrolled edgethereon, and said part'being formed of a single rectangular piece ofsheet material the entire marginal portions of which are turned inwardlyto constitute said rolled edge.

4:. A sound producing device. comprising apbellows bag closed at oneend, a gravity movable weight closing the opposite end of the bellows, asound producing element arranged to be operated by the air displaced bythe gravity movement of said'weight, said weight comprising a p'arthavingan annular marginal rolled edge thereon engaged by the bellowsbag, and said part being formed of a single rectangular piece of sheetmaterial the entire marginal portions of which are turned inwardly toconstitute said rolled edge, together with a separately formed memberengaging about said rolled edge to hold the bellows bag connectedthereto.

5. A sound producing device comprising a bellows bag closed at one end,a gravity movable weight closing the opposite end of the bellows, asound producing element arranged to be operated by the air displaced bythe gravity movement of said weight, said weight comprising a parthaving an annular marginal-rolled edge thereon engaged by the bellowsbag, and said part. being formed of a single rectangular piece of sheetmaterial the entire marginal portions of which are turned inwardly toconstitute said rolled i fl edge, together with a perforated covermember co-operative with said mentioned part. to provide a sound chamberinto which the sound producing element communicates, and said coverhaving a portion arranged to hold the bellows bag connected with theweight.

6. A sound producing device comprising a bellows closed at one end, agravity movable weight closing the opposite end of the bellows, a soundproducing element arranged to be operated by the air displaced by thegravity movement of said weight, the weight having a sound chambertherein into which the sound producing element communicates at one sideof the center or the sound chamber, and there being a sound outletopening through a wall of the sound chamber at the opposite side of saidcenter, together with means for providing a channel extending away fromthe center of the sound chamber 4 to near the margin of the soundchamber arranged to receive the sound from the sound producing elementand to conduct said sound toward said margin at a point removed fromsaid outlet opening.

7. A sound producing device comprising a bellows clo:ed at one end,a'gravity movable weight closing the opposite end of the bellows, asound producing element arranged to be operated by the air displaced bythe grav ity movement of said weight, the weight having a sound chambertherein into which the sound producing element communicates at one sideof the center of the sound chamber, and there being a sound outletopening through a wall of the sound chamber at the opposite side of saidcenter, together with means arranged to define tortuous passages withinthe sound chamber extending from the sound producing element to saidsound outlet opening.

8. A sound producing device comprising a bellows closed at one end, agravity movable weight closing the opposite end of the bellows, a soundproducing element arranged to be operated by the air displaced by thegravity movement of said weight, means supporting the sound producingelementin position projecting longitudinally into the sound chamber in adirection to ward one side of the sound chamber, andthere being a soundoutlet opening through a wall of the sound chamber at the side ofthesound chamber diametrically opposite to the side toward which thesound producing element is projected.

9. A sound producing device comprising a bellows bag closed at one end,a gravity movable weight closing the opposite end of the bellows bag, asound produc ng element to be operated by the air displaced during thegravity movement of the weight, said wleight comprising an annularmember formed of sheet metal, the bellows bag engaging the marginal edgeof the weight, a

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member engaging over the bellows bag and sealing the beliows bag to theWeight, said lash mentioned member having a part also serving to definea sound chamber in the weight, the piece of sheet metal comprised in theWeight having a slit forn eci therethiough. the portions of sheet metalat op posite sides of the slitheing' spread in opposite directions toprovide an opening within which the sound producing element is :1?-

- ed. said portions holding the sound pro 11g" element in positionprojeciing longitudinai y into the sound chamber in a iiregion imvea'done side of the sound chair- Uez; and there being 2i sound oufie openingside of the sound chamber diametrically 0pposite to the side towardwhich the sound producing element is held protected.

10. A soumi producing device comprising a bellows closed at one end, agravity movable weight closing the opposite end of the heflows, a soundprodueing element arranged to be operated by the air displaced by thegravity movement of the weight, and said weight comprising an annularmember lGTIHlEJd from a single rectangular piece of sheet moi-ariahaving 2. rolled edge part inc-hiding the POPE?! pOT'fiODS of sailroutrmguiar piece.

in festii'nony whereof i affix my signature.

ALEXANDER KQNCPF.

